Learning styles and performance in principles of economics: does the gender gap exist?

Autor/inn/en	Sabiston, David; Leung, Ambrose; Terrazzano, Gianfranco
Titel	Learning styles and performance in principles of economics: does the gender gap exist? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Lernstile und Leistung in Grundlagen der Ökonomie: gibt es einen Unterschied zwischen den Geschlechtern?
Quelle	In: Economics bulletin, 37 (2017) 4, S. 2935-2944 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1545-2921
Schlagwörter	Frau; Frau; Kanada; Makroökonomie; Mann; Mathematik; Mikroökonomie; Nebentätigkeit; Student; Studienerfolg; Schulleistung; Arbeitszeit; Studienfach; Abitur; Schulleistung; Lernmethode; Mathematik; Makroökonomie; Mikroökonomie; Nebentätigkeit; Arbeitszeit; Berufsinteresse; Studienerfolg; Studienfach; Ökonomie; Geschlechtsspezifik; Mann; Student; Kanada
Abstract	"Do male students in principles of economics courses outperform female students? The economic education literature is replete with studies suggesting that male performance - as measured by final course grades or grades on standardized tests - exceeds female performance. Recent studies, however, indicate a narrowing of this gender gap when additional attributes such as personality traits, expectations, and/or motivation are included in the traditional education production function. Using a sample of students from principles of economics courses taught at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, this study investigates the relationship between gender and performance accounting for several different measures of abilities and attributes. Adopting the VARK (visual, aural, reading/writing, and kinesthetic) inventory as a representation of student learning styles, we find a reversal of the gender gap; female students outperform male students." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/3